Photo: RNZThe prime minister has denied claims that the government is withholding information about the positive Covid-19 case who visited Northland and any possible gang connections they may have. Speaking to media this afternoon, Jacinda Ardern said there was "no evidence" to support some of the claims circulating around the case. The government moved Northland from alert level 2 to alert level 3 in a sudden announcement last night, after an Auckland woman who had visited Northland tested positive for the coronavirus. Speaking to multiple media outlets today, former deputy prime minister Winston Peters claimed the woman had gang connections and travelled through Auckland's border to the Bay of Islands and back. Hipkins said the woman used false information to get travel documents and spent several days in Northland.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 09, 2021 00:56 UTC